New Details Emerge in Boston Marathon Bombings

Law enforcement has continued to make great strides in the investigation of April 15s Boston Marathon tragedy. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, the suspected mastermind behind the bombing, was killed in a dramatic shootout with police the morning of April 19. His accomplice and younger brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, remains hospitalized. His doctors have upgraded his condition to fair, and hes finally been able to speak to authorities after a neck injury left him able to communicate only in writing.
Besides working to interrogate the suspect, officials have continued to search Boston and the surrounding neighborhoods for more evidence that could be linked to the incident. Last night, police discovered a stash of fireworks hidden in a used clothing collection bin in a grocery store parking lot in Watertown, MA, the town where the younger Tsarnaev was eventually found. Investigators are hoping this new discovery will tell them exactly how they timed the bombs to go off and what explosive material was used.
Plus, officials have begun interviewing those closest to the suspects, including their parents and Tamerlans wife, Katherine Russell Tsarnaev. The suspects mother, Zubeidat Tsarnaev, whos wanted on 2012 felony shoplifting and property damage charges, also spoke with law enforcement and reporters from Dagestan, a nation formerly part of the Soviet Union where she and her husband Anzor Tsarnaev live. When asked if she had seen the footage of her sons in the crowd at the Boston Marathon, or of the bombs going off, she said, I havent. There was no blood. It was paint. She believes the entire bombing was staged and her sons are being framed. During her press conference, the suspects mother cried, America took my kids away from me.
Meanwhile, Anzor is expected to travel from Dagestan to the US today, and he insists he will fully cooperate with authorities. Zubeidat will not join him.
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